From prison to power : a tale of Queensland : in two volumes / by A. H. Lambton

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Lambton, A. H. (Alfred Henry), 1844 -1894
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FROM PRISON TO POWER 1
FROM PRISON TO POWER A Tale of Queensland 7
CONTENTS. 8
CHAPTER I. TIRED OUT. 9
CHAPTER II. QUEENSLAND—BANALBA. 23
CHAPTER III. WILL THEY CATCH HIM? 40
CHAPTER IV. THE DARK HEARTS. 55
CHAPTER V. MR. DERWENT VISITS BECKSBEIDGE. 69
CHAPTER VI. ERNEST AND LILLIE. 83
CHAPTER VII. HOW JACK DERWENT’S PLANS SUCCEEDED. 97
CHAPTER VIII. A FISHING PARTY. 112
CHAPTER IX. A DETECTIVE ON THE TRACK. 136
CHAPTER X. ERNEST AT SEA—SMARTBOY’S TRIAL—A LOVE AFFAIR—JONES Versus BANG. 152
CHAPTER XI. ERNEST PROGRESSES—ATTACKED BY THE BLACKS. 177
CHAPTER XII. WHAT MR. ADOLPHUS MIDDLETON JONES SAW. 195
CHAPTER XIII. “JONES’ SCAEE.” 215
CHAPTER XIV. SOME CHANGES. 228
CHAPTER XV. MISS DOROTHY’S VISIT TO ULALLA. 236
CHAPTER XVL ALL FOE LOVE. 249
CHAPTER XVII. BROKEN HEARTS. 275
CHAPTER XVIII. JACOB SMARTBOY AGAIN. 294
CHAPTER XIX. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING. 310
CHAPTER XX. A DARK DEED AND A FALSE TELEGRAM. 324
FROM PRISON TO POWER A Tale of Queensland 345
CONTENTS. 346
CHAPTER I. “YER HONOUR’S A GINTLEMAN.” 347
CHAPTER II. IS HE DROWNED ?—THE MISSES DARKHEAETS’ WELCOME HOSPITALITY. 364
CHAPTER III. FRIENDS AND FOES UNEXPECTEDLY MEET. 385
CHAPTER IV. “GOOD NEWS.” 403
CHAPTER V. DARKHEART APPLIES FOR HIS SHARE. 416
CHAPTER VI. “WHY IS SHE SO BEAUTIFUL ?” 423
CHAPTER VII. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY A YEAR MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. 441
CHAPTER VIII. SMARTBOY AT WORK-PREPARING FOR REVENGE. 460
CHAPTER IX. “SOME DAT.” 469
CHAPTER X. THE VISIT TO BECKSBRIDGE AND WHAT WAS FOUND THERE. 491
CHAPTER XI. ERNEST MALCOLM’S RETURN TO BANALBA.—DOCTOR AND PATIENT. 513
CHAPTER XII. REVENGE AND ROBBERY. 527
CHAPTER XIII. “WHAT VILLAIN HAS DONE THIS ?” 543
CHAPTER XIV. “I AM ACCUSED OF MURDER ! FORGET ME.” 564
CHAPTER XV. JACK ENLISTS SNOWBALL, AND THEY SHOW SERGEANT HOLDFAST HOW TO INVESTIGATE. 575
CHAPTER XVI. SNOWBALL SETS TO WORK—A MEETING IN PRISON- A STRANGE ADVERTISEMENT. 596
CHAPTER XVII. SNOWBALL’S SUCCESS—DARKHEART. 611
CHAPTER XVIII. CAUGHT IN THE TRAP-SNOWBALL’S EXIT. 625
CHAPTER XIX. THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 644
CHAPTER XX. FOUND GUILTY. 658
CHAPTER XXI A YEAR AFTERWARDS. 670

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